What truly unsettled him was the possibility that the Demon King might exploit these rumors to further exploit him and the Black Wind Castle's trade guild under the pretext of "improving labor conditions."
After all, if the Demon King decided to "reform," someone would have to finance it, and that person was undoubtedly him. Groot knew well that this so-called improvement was ultimately just a means for the Demon King to seize his wealth. All his efforts and accumulations could vanish in an instant, just like that destroyed old castle.
This was what worried him the most.
And when he and his peers were anxious like ants on a hot pan, a messenger from the Dragon family proactively reached out to him and expressed a desire for a conversation.
Everyone knew that the Dragon family used to rule over Black Wind Castle. Even though they had lost this territory to the current Demon King of Thunder County, they still had an intricate influence locally.
